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The 1989 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Investigative Reporting

Finalist: The Roanoke (VA) Times and World News , by Mary Bishop

For her investigation of dangerous practices and fraud in Virginia's pest control industry.

Winners

Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 1989:

Bill Dedman

For his investigation of the racial discrimination practiced by lending institutions in Atlanta, reporting which led to significant reforms in those policies. Investigative Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Investigative Reporting in 1989:

Elsa Walsh and Benjamin Weiser

For a series about how court secrecy procedures have created a system of private justice within the public courts.

Penny Loeb

For her reports on a public housing program that allowed prosperous tenants to live in city projects intended for citizens with limited income.

The Jury

Bill Kovach(Chair)

Senior Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University

Madelyn A. Ross

Managing Editor, Pittsburgh Press

David Shaw

Media Critic, Los Angeles Times

Ronald S. Hutson

Senior Assistant Managing Editor, The Boston Globe

James E. Shelledy

Editor and Publisher, Idahonian, Moscow, Idaho

Charles E. Shepard

Reporter, Charlotte Observer

Winners in Investigative Reporting

1987

John Woestendiek

For outstanding prison beat reporting, which included proving the innocence of a man convicted of murder.
1986

Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York

For their series "Playing Above the Rules," which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms.
1985

William K. Marimow

For his revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people -- an expose that led to investigations of the K-9 unit and the removal of a dozen officers from it.
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1989 Prize Winners

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